Analog Devices (ADI) has introduced the Essential Analog NanoPower uSLIC module, which extends battery life in space-constrained applications with the lowest standby current.

ADI announced the release of the nanopower buck module 'MAXM38643' and boost module 'MAXM17225', which extend battery life with the lowest standby current (IQ).

With this product, system designers can extend the battery life and reduce the size of space-constrained Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

These products are part of ADI's high-efficiency IC family, the Essential Analog family, and the microsystem-level IC module (uSLIC™) is provided in a 3D module form factor featuring a stacked integrated inductor.

This eliminates the time required for component selection and board placement, thereby accelerating the time to market, and reduces the solution PCB surface area, making the size up to 37 percent smaller than an IC combined with an external inductor.

Applicable applications range from space-constrained consumer electronics, wearables, pharmaceutical transport devices, sensors, and IoT devices to wired, wireless, and industrial products.

The MAXM38643 is a 600mA buck module with an input voltage range of 1.8V to 5.5V and a standby current of 330nA, and a 1A module with a complete shutdown function. The input voltage range of the boost module MAXM17225 is 0.4V to 5.5V, and the standby current is 300nA.

In order for battery-powered IoT devices to extend battery life, the standby current must be low in system standby mode, and this product has a very low cutoff current, to the extent that the system power consumption in shutdown mode is virtually zero.

The MAXM38643 and MAXM17225 have standby currents that are only one-tenth and one-twentieth, respectively, of comparable competing solutions.

In addition, peak efficiencies reach 96 percent and 95 percent, respectively. As a result, low power consumption extends the battery life of battery-powered and always-on wired devices and contributes to carbon reduction.

“The MAXM38643 buck module and MAXM17225 boost module extend battery life for ultra-small IoT devices for next-generation designs and enhance the capabilities of sensors, wireless communication, and digital circuits in many consumer electronics, medical, and industrial applications that require low standby current and high output current,” said Chinmay Honrao, Business Manager for Standard Power Products in the Core Product Family at Analog Devices.